Suits Target Navy Chaplains

U.S. & LATIN AMERICA - The Nation - In Brief

August 21, 2002

WASHINGTON -- A lawsuit accusing the Navy of discriminating against evangelical chaplains will be expanded to include all chaplains representing the conservative Protestant movement, a federal judge ruled. The decision by U.S. District Judge Ricardo Urbina gives a boost to a pair of suits saying the Navy Chaplain Corps favors some Christian denominations over others. The suits claim the Navy Chaplain Corps favors chaplains who are Roman Catholic or from mainline Protestant denominations over evangelical Protestants.